Footy clubs and training in Monash
11 clubs in Monash, and every one of them picks its best side on who can run, tackle and back up week after week. Here is where they play — and how to be the player they pick.
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11 footy clubs have a home ground in Monash (population 209,268 at the 2021 census), across 7 suburbs. Most play in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (5 clubs), with others in the Eastern Football Netball League (4) and the Southern Football Netball League (2).
The Talent League club for Monash juniors is the Sandringham Dragons or the Oakleigh Chargers, depending on your address. Neither club publishes its boundary at council level, so check with your junior league before you assume.
Footy clubs in Monash
Every club with a home ground in Monash, where it plays, and the league and grades it fields. Most senior clubs also run junior and girls’ teams — the club can tell you which age groups have spots.
| Club | Home ground | Competition and grades |
|---|---|---|
| Ashwood | Essex Heights Reserve, Ashwood | SFNL Division 4 |
| Wattle Park | Bennettswood Reserve, Burwood † | VAFA Division 3 · women’s Division 2 |
| Chadstone | Jordan Reserve, Chadstone | VAFA under-19s |
| Clayton | Meade Reserve, Clayton | SFNL Division 4 · women’s Division 2 |
| Monash Blues | Frearson Oval, Clayton | VAFA Division 1 · women’s Division 1, Division 4 |
| Glen Waverley Rovers | Brentwood Reserve, Glen Waverley | EFNL juniors |
| Mazenod Old Collegians | Central Reserve, Glen Waverley | VAFA Premier C · women’s Division 3 |
| Waverley Blues | Central Reserve, Glen Waverley; Mount Waverley Reserve, Mount Waverley | EFNL Division 2 · women’s Division 2 |
| Oakleigh | WA Scammell Reserve, Oakleigh | VAFA Division 1 · women’s Division 1, Division 4 |
| Eastern Devils | Mulgrave Reserve, Wheelers Hill | EFNL women’s Premier Division, Division 4 |
| Mulgrave | Mulgrave Reserve, Wheelers Hill | EFNL Division 2 |
† The ground’s suburb is shared with a neighbouring council, so the club may sit just over the boundary. From each league’s current club list, checked September 2026. Clubs change leagues and divisions between seasons; the league is right if this is not.
Which Talent League club you trial for
The Talent League club for Monash juniors is the Sandringham Dragons or the Oakleigh Chargers, depending on your address. Neither club publishes its boundary at council level, so check with your junior league before you assume.
Set it up for your club in Monash
Four things, in the order the app asks them. The footy calendar and conditions are on the Melbourne guide.
Choose footy, then your team nights
Onboarding asks “When do you train with your team?” Pick your club nights — Victorian Amateur Football Association or wherever you play — and your gym and conditioning are scheduled around them, lighter the day after a big one. Tell it your equipment and any niggles and every exercise is fitted to both.
Match the program to your league’s start
The app treats March as the start of the AFL season. If your league does not start until mid-April, set your season phase yourself and stay in pre-season a few weeks longer. The phase lives in Program → Your year.
Know your numbers on day one
Your first testing session is ready immediately: 2km time trial, Bench press 1RM, Max pull-ups, Trap-bar deadlift 1RM, Running vertical jump. It is re-run every 8 weeks, and the results re-price your training weights and conditioning paces.
Put your suburb on the board
In Social → Town, set where you train. Your minutes count toward that town’s weekly conditioning and strength top-10 boards — only the town is kept, never your location.
Monash by suburb
209,268 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census; a suburb marked * is shared with a neighbouring council.
Coaching a side in Monash?
A club licence is A$8 per player, per month (minimum 5), and every player on it gets full Train Smart membership at no cost to them. You write the block once, it lands in each player’s app, and the console shows who actually did it.
Footy in Monash: questions
What footy clubs are in Monash?
Which Talent League club are Monash juniors zoned to?
Where can women and girls play footy in Monash?
Which league do Monash footy clubs play in?
Where these facts come from
Checked September 2026. Zones, grades and dates change — if something here is out of date, the governing body is right and we are wrong.
- Victorian Amateur Football Association — current clubs and grounds
- Eastern Football Netball League — current clubs and grounds
- Southern Football Netball League — current clubs and grounds
- City of Monash — suburbs and 2021 census population
- South Metro Junior Football League — pathways and zoning
- Yarra Junior Football League — talent programs
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More of Bayside & the inner south-east
Turn up to round one already fit
Pick footy, tell it your Mazenod Old Collegians training nights — or wherever you play — and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.
One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.